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“Ukrainian women are brave. Our physicians are heroes!”

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“Ukrainian women are brave. Our physicians are heroes!”

Dr. Maria Sokur describes the daily life of the Kharkiv City Perinatal Center in war times

While Russian bombs and missiles are destroying Ukrainian cities and villages, midwives and nurses, representing the noblest profession, are assisting at bringing new life into the world. The volunteers of the HELP UKRAINE! Project under the European Foundation for the Development of Medicine and Education EUROMED have popped in bringing humanitarian aid to those they have been taking care for a long time – to doctors and kids in Kharkiv.

Kharkiv City Perinatal Center is a special place of power and … magic! This 20-year old center is the most prominent medical institution in Kharkiv region, providing obstetric-gynecological and neonatological care. It deals with premature births, premature pregnancies, and low birth weight baby emergency. Here, the doctors bringing the medical routine to the state of art, turn a tiny living creature of 500 grams into a healthy new-born. What a great celebration of life!

Dr. Maria Sokur, is the most experienced in the Kharkiv City Perinatal Center. She is grateful for the aid the volunteers delivered: diapers, baby food, medicines. During her 20-year medical practice, she has assisted in delivery and health improvement of more than one hundred and even a thousand babies. Not so long ago, more than 20 deliveries were carried out daily in the center.

Yet on February 24, the Russian military hammer smashed everybody: babies, their mothers, the doctors. Powerful strikes brought to the ground the children’s unit. Fortunately, the intensive care unit survived. The physicians transformed the basement into the delivery and care unit. It is there, under air strikes and shelling, that they persevere their great mission to help, heal, and save. According to Maria Sokur, 167 babies have been born here since the beginning of the war. The supportive team provides all medical care they need, as premature babies need special care, and sight correction. While the battles going on, the doctors carry out their operations under the most difficult conditions when the explosions shake the earth, the sky is alert because of the hostile aircrafts. There are electricity the disruptions. The condition of the pregnant also worth highlighting. Some of them have difficult pregnancies and postpartum complications. We have to stabilize lactation under severe stress due to the military operations. Some of them are newbies; some have experience, giving birth to the third. They all are under the steady, wise care of doctors, nurses and therapists.

Thanks to the help of volunteers, the Kharkiv City Perinatal Center now has everything they need: hygiene items, disinfectants, medicines, equipment, and food. The food is especially important, as not only women in labor are in the center. Given the increased stress level in women while they have such a prominent event in their lives, doctors insists on relatives to be in. Thus, every woman is with her close relative supporting her and helping to take care of her.

“We are very grateful to the volunteers helping our center, – Maria Anatoliivna shared her feelings of gratitude. – Oleksandr Yarovyi, the coordinator of the HELP UKRAINE! Project by EUROMED in Kharkiv is our usual visitor, bringing the necessary items, medicines, hygiene products, diapers, baby food to the wards. This help matters and it is very important. After all, our center has become a shelter not only for mothers with newborns. During the difficult days of attacks, the residents of the neighboring houses in Saltovka district joined us in the basements of the center. Families with small children also come to us daily for help. Moreover, thanks to the HELP UKRAINE! Project by EUROMED we have the opportunity to give them everything they need for babies”

The above mutual support of those fighting for the life of the children comes in contrast to the hostility of the Russian army, bringing death and devastation to Ukraine. Yet we will sure defeat this evil together. Join the team of supporters and sponsors of the HELP UKRAINE! Project provide us any bearable help.

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